Brainlitter - Inside the mind of Sean Wallbridge

Hey there, A colleague asked a good question today about SQL and SharePoint, so I thought I’d share the answer.   The question was… Why are there so many accounts under SQL Logins related to SharePoint and are these correct? (to paraphrase)     The answer is… SharePoint manages these permissions, so long as we …

I don’t think I’ve written a blog post about a printer purchase before and it is unlikely that I’ll do it again. But I’m pretty pleased with my purchase this week (HP Wireless All-In-One Inkjet Printer (C310A) for several reasons:   I’m now able to print, using AirPrint from my iPhone (and Wendy’s) and my …

Ok, first off, there are a tonne of posts out there about the Quick Launch and nothing on here is original. I’m simply trying to combine all of the various details and questions I get into one resource. So here goes… Hiding the Quick Launch on SharePoint 2010 Pages Adding/Returning the Quick Launch to SharePoint …

There may come a time when you want to move a SharePoint content database from one disk on your SQL Server to another. Perhaps you installed SharePoint in standalone mode and don’t like the location it chose or you just need to move some stuff around. The following assumes you are moving the database from …

If you have installed SharePoint in standalone mode (hopefully only if you are evaluating SharePoint, and even then, create a farm instead using SQL Server Express 2008 R2, with a larger 10GB limit), you are left with a SharePoint implementation that has a limit to how large a SQL Content Database can be. In these …

  If you happen to be in the Yukon on January 19th, 2011… I’ve been invited to speak at the Yitis (Yukon Information Technology and Industry Society) for their Boost! New Ideas in Business and Technology conference.   Learn More Here: http://boost.yitis.ca/  

Thanks to Louis for putting this together. Yes we know this is hideous to look at, but Louis made a custom Theme picture that we thought makes it easier for determining where PowerPoint Office Theme Colours used to customize a SharePoint 2010 theme go. There were several other sources on the web that offer their …

In case this serves you in the future… A customer asked the following today…     Sean, I am looking to create a new hire IT form on our Moss SharePoint site.  Currently, we have a library on our SharePoint 2003 site for the US. We are trying to push out our new hire computer setup …

If you like to live dangerously, you may be considering applying the latest cumulative update for SharePoint 2010 as soon as it is out (ala, last week). Here’s a good reminder of why we test, evaluate and then deploy such things, as the October 2010 SharePoint 2010 Cumulative Updates have been pulled.   Have a …

Anyone that has worked with SharePoint for a while knows that the recycle bin in SharePoint is awesome and users will depend on it. That said, these same people also know that “sites” do not qualify as part of the recycle bin scenario. So, for a DR plan, this can be a little frightening, particularly …